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Hst-144 civil rights movement matrix
Snapshot
Example: Second Mississippi
Plan
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Summary
The Second Mississippi Plan
was a series of laws that
established barriers for former
slaves from participating in
voting, and included things
like the poll tax, a fee for
voting which many poor
people could not pay, the
literacy test, stating that one
had to be able to read and
write at a given standard in
order to vote, which
discriminated heavily against
most former slaves, many of
whom were illiterate.
(citation)
Plessy v. Ferguson is
described to be a case in
which the supreme court's
judges attempted to advance
the doctrine of separate but
equal which was a
controversial in nature. It was
crucial in making the law
segregation laws to be
constitutional.
However, the majority opinion
was not inclusive of the
"separate but equal" phrases.
The view was crucial in
advocating for the
constitutional sanction to
various laws that were
supportive of the racial
segregation in America. This
applied to the application of
separate and assumed equal
Significance
These laws were passed to
prevent the former slaves from
exercising any political power.
In many of the Southern
states, the black population
was either even with or
outnumbered the white
population. These laws were
set in motion to protect the
status quo of power in the
Southern states. These policies
initiated in Mississippi were
adapted by many of the other
Southern states. (citation)
Plessy v. Ferguson case served
as an inquiry on the
description of the 14th
amendment that was done in
1868 on the equal protection
clause. The change of the bill
was seeking the prohibition of
the states from denying "equal
protection of laws" to a
particular person who was
within the state jurisdiction.

Jim Crow Laws
Segregation in the World Wars
Brown v. Board of Education
(1954)
Rosa Parks and the
Montgomery Bus Boycott
public facilities to the Africans
and the white in America. the
law served as the judicial
precedent in the upcoming
cases before its overturn by
the supreme court in Brown v.
Board of Education of Topeka
(1954)
Jim crow laws are considered
to be a collection of both the
state and federal statutes that
were crucial in advancing and
legalizing racial segregation.
The selection of laws was
named after an insult to the
Africans Americans in
America. The laws existed
about 100 years ago since the
period of the post-civil war
era. The significant role of the
statutes was to make the
southern states of America
into a class structure that was
meant to marginalize the back
Americans. However, anyone
who resisted the Jim crow
laws was met with a lot of
violence which led to the
death of the various
individuals.
Brown v. Board of Education
resulted from the combination
of both the brown case and
other cases that had a close
relation with segregation in
public schools. The facts were
presented before the supreme
courts of the American.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
was a civil rights protest that
was meant to protest the
nature of segregation that was
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Jim Crow laws were
implemented with an objective
of maintaining white people
dominance in America. Also,
the laws were against the
blacks gaining influence in
America. Most of these laws
were against the voting of
blacks in America. The laws
propagated the segregation
ideologies. The ideologies
were meant to separate white
and black Americans.
The courts had a declaration
that the statutes that supported
the establishment of separate
public schools for both the
black and white to be
abolished thus remaining
unconstitutional. The decision
was beneficial in overturning
the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling
that supported the segregation
among the states members.
The primary significance of
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
was to fight segregation at
buses in Montgomery,

evidenced on the particular
buses. The protest almost a
year for its impact to be felt.
This protest is regarded to be
the huge protest against racial
segregation in in America.
Rosa Parks was among the
people arrested for failing to
yield seat for the white people.
Upon the initiation of the
protest, later the supreme
called for the revision of the
laws where the bus system
was to be revised. Martin
Luther King rose as a
prominent during the period.
MLK Jr. and the Southern Martin Luther King created
Christian Leadership the SCLC among many other
Conference (nonviolent leaders. The organization was
resistance) crucial in fighting for the
rights of blacks in the country.
The organization was behind
the Montgomery protest which
lasted for 381 days. the
organization managed to
coordinate the civil rights
protests of various individuals
in the country.
"I Have a Dream" speech "I have a dream" was a public
speech that was given by
Martin Luther king j. The
lecture focused on the creation
of jobs and also the
diminishing of the racial
segregation in America. It
analyzed the need for both the
civil and economic rights.
1964 Civil Rights Act
The civil right act that was
implemented in the year 1964
was crucial in depicting the
changes in laws regarding the
civil rights and the labor laws.
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Alabama. However, the
protest was crucial since the
supreme court ordered the
revision of the bus systems to
maintain equality in the
coaches and thus reduce racial
segregation. The protest
facilitated the rise of, Martin
Luther King as the rights
activist.
SCLC was crucial in
coordinating civil rights
protest in America. The protest
was focusing on the racial
segregation in various places
in America. The organization
played a significant role in the
revision of bus system rules in
Alabama. This significantly
promoted equality among
blacks and the whites.
The speech was very crucial in
various ways. It facilitated the
equality among both the
whites and the blacks in
America. The civil rights
movements were able to
understand the multiple
problems that were evidenced
by the backs in America. The
speech also created awareness
among the Americans on the
existence of racial segregation.
The jurisdiction was uprights
since the act enforced the
constitution gave one right to
vote. the law has also
prevented discrimination

The law stated clearly that it
was illegal to have
discrimination basing on race,
color sex or any other aspects.
Prohibition was another aspect
of application in schools,
registration of voters or the
racial segregation in schools.
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basing on color, gender,
religion or the national origin
of the person. It also offered
some basis for the equity
during employment. The law
was apparent on the treatment
of individuals.
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